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Charles Pierce | I'm Not Sure America Can Survive the Attack of the Moron Pundits

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05 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Charles Pierce | I'm Not Sure America Can Survive the Attack of the Moron Pundits  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "America's democratic republic has survived wars, including a fratricidal civil war. It has survived plagues, floods, famines, wildfires, mudslides and two Reagan administrations. But, to be perfectly honest, if this Daily Beast story is accurate, I'm not entirely sure it can survive the Attack of the Moron Pundits." READ MORE An Arizona National Guards Man overlooks US border with Mexico. (photo: John Moore/Getty) Trump Signs Proclamation Authorizing National Guard to Southern Border John Parkinson and Jordyn Phelps, ABC News Excerpt: "Speaking at the White House Wednesday to follow up on President Donald Trump's surprise announcement that he would order the military to help secure the southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstj...

Matt Taibbi | The Legacy of the Iraq War

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23 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SUPPORT RSN, WE WON'T "FACEBOOK" YOU! - Facebook uses your personal data as they damn well please. Who saw that coming? Here's the full text of RSN's Privacy Policy:  < Our policy is to actively protect your privacy.  All requests for information about our readers will be rejected. We understand that the Right to Privacy is under attack. We will be a vigilant ally in that struggle. > That's the Difference Reader Support makes. All the difference in the world. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | The Legacy of the Iraq War  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "The Iraq invasion, one of the great crimes of this or any age and destined to be a crossroads event in the history of America's decline, was instead a cold, calculated, opportunistic power grab, aimed as much at future targets, and even our own p...

Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy | Why Congress Must Vote on the United States' Role in Yemen's War

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02 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy | Why Congress Must Vote on the United States' Role in Yemen's War  Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy, The Washington Post Excerpt: "In Yemen, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every 10 minutes. That is just one startling fact from a country that has been torn by war for nearly three years." READ MORE Russian politician Alexander Torshin, standing next to then-Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, attends a ceremony at the Kremlin in 2011. Torshin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, and says he met Donald Trump through the group in 2015. (photo: Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty) Depth of Russian Politician's Cultivation of NRA Ties Revealed Tim Mak, NPR Mak writes: "A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Associa...